The voice fell.
A roar like a wild beast came from not far away.
Several people looked up and saw a figure falling like a meteor, and then landed heavily in front of them.
The huge impact set off a wave of air, scattering gravel and dust, and the raised smoke covered half of the sky.
Except for Ning Xue, who was wearing a mask, everyone else involuntarily raised their hands to block the wind and sand coming from their faces.
As the smoke gradually dissipated, a brown-skinned monster with a strange shape appeared in front of several people.
His body is covered with dark cuticles, his limbs are too thick to look like a human being, his nails are as sharp as knives, and his mouth is grinning from the corners of his ears to the base of his ears, revealing two rows of jagged sharp teeth.
There was no reason in those cloudy eyes, only bloodthirsty madness.
When the staff saw this figure, their already pale face completely lost all color, their lips trembled, and they couldn't even make a sound.
Karin and Suigetsu looked at this figure solemnly.
Suigetsu narrowed his eyes and complained in a low voice.
"Cut, open Curse Mark Second State."
But Sasuke and Ning Xue remained expressionless, as if what was standing in front of them was not a bloodthirsty monster, but a stone blocking the road.
The monster raised its head, glanced at the four people with bloodthirsty eyes, and let out a low roar from its throat, its voice hoarse and crazy.
"Kill you!!"
Before he finished speaking, he roared and rushed over.
The soles of his feet made a deep hole in the ground, and his body shot out like a cannonball, bringing with it a gust of fishy wind.
"Coming."
Karin reminded in a low voice, his body sank slightly, ready to fight at any time.
When Suigetsu heard this, he reached his hand behind his back and held the handle of Kubikiribōchō's knife.
Ning Xue was about to step forward, but out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of Sasuke walking to the side, so he took back his steps and stood there with his arms folded, as if watching a show.
Sasuke Seeing the monster rushing over, he took a step forward, then raised his hand and said expressionlessly.
"Chidori Sharp Spear."
As soon as he finished speaking, a piercing chirping of birds suddenly sounded.
Blue electric current exploded from his palm, condensing into a slender beam of lightning, like a sharp sword, piercing straight towards the charging monster.
Seeing the attack coming, the monster in mid-air had no way to use its body, so it could only instinctively raise its arms to block.
However, the lightning was much faster and sharper than he imagined.
"Pfft--"
The lightning penetrated his arm easily, and then his shoulder, with a burning smell coming out from his back.
"Ahhhh--!!"
The monster let out a painful roar, lost its balance in the air, and fell heavily to the ground, splashing a piece of gravel.
Sasuke took back Chidori Sharp Spear. The lightning jumped at the fingertips a few times and then dissipated.
The monster lay on the ground, twitching all over, with wisps of green smoke coming out of the wound, and the charred flesh exuded a pungent smell.
But he didn't fall.
He gritted his teeth, supported the ground, and stood up again tremblingly.
In those cloudy eyes, the bloodthirsty madness not only did not subside, but became even more intense.
He raised his head, opened his mouth that reached to his ears, and let out a deafening roar.
"Roar--!!"
However, as soon as the roar came out, it stopped abruptly.
A flash of sword light flashed, and Kusanagi Sword slashed hard on the monster's chest.
"Pfft!!"
The monster's body was like a kite with its string broken. It flew out and hit the Gobi rock wall behind it heavily.
The rock wall exploded, gravel rolled down, and smoke filled the air.
The monster's body was embedded in the rock wall, its limbs hanging down limply. There were several cracks in the cuticle on its body, and dark red blood seeped out from the cracks.
Sasuke stood where the monster was just now, holding Kusanagi Sword in his backhand, looking coldly at the figure flying out.
He swung the knife in a leisurely manner, shaking off the blood on the blade, and then Earth Flow walked slowly to the rock wall and looked at the monster embedded in the stone.
The monster is still conscious and still struggling.
His fingers dug into the cracks in the rock wall, trying to pull himself out of the stone.
Sasuke didn't give him a chance.
He stepped forward, raised his foot, and stepped heavily on the monster's chest.
"Click--"
The rock wall made an overwhelming sound under the huge force, and spiderweb-like cracks spread in all directions from the monster's back.
"Ahh--"
The monster let out a painful scream, and its struggle gradually weakened.
His body began to change, the brown cuticles faded away, the sharp nails retracted, the corners of his grinned mouth slowly closed, and his cloudy eyes gradually regained their clarity.
The status of Curse Mark Stage Two has been lifted.
He turned back into an ordinary young man, with brown hair, pale skin, and his naked body covered with old and new scars.
He leaned against the rock wall, his head hanging weakly, and fell into a coma.
Sasuke retracted his feet, took two steps back, turned around and looked at the three people behind him.
Ning Xue, Suigetsu, Karin stepped forward and stood beside him.
No one paid attention to the staff member who was lying on the ground with dull eyes and in need of comfort from a psychiatrist.
Suigetsu bent down, took a closer look at the unconscious young man, then stood up straight, clapped his hands, and praised.
"As expected of Sasuke."
Karin heard this, put one hand on her waist, and raised her chin slightly. The red eyes behind her glasses were full of pride, as if she was the one being praised.
"Of course."
Suigetsu glanced at her, twitched the corners of his mouth, and said contemptuously.
"It's not you I'm praising."
"You--!"
Karin's face instantly turned red, he rolled up his sleeves and was about to rush forward.
"That's enough."
Sasuke's voice was not loud, but it made the two people's movements freeze at the same time.
He glanced at Suigetsu and Karin, who were about to argue, and then at Ning Xue, who was squatting down and checking on the unconscious young man, and spoke in a calm tone.
"Fujiwara, Suigetsu."
Ning Xue, who was squatting on the ground, raised his head and looked at Sasuke.
Suigetsu, who was about to argue, also turned his head and said doubtfully.
"What's the matter?"
Sasuke glanced at the two of them and spoke slowly.
"Let's have a game."
"Huh?"
Suigetsu's eyes lit up instantly, and he quickly approached Sasuke, his face full of excitement.
"What game? What game?"
Ning Xue also stood up, patted the dust on his knees, and turned his attention to Sasuke, showing some interest.
"The content of the game is--"
Sasuke raised his hand and pointed at the barren Gobi desert in the distance.
"Whoever defeats the most experimental subjects."
Suigetsu was stunned for a moment, then grinned, the shark's teeth shining in the sun.
"No problem! I'm the best at this kind of thing!"
He moved his shoulders, twisted his neck, and started doing warm-up exercises.
Ning Xue didn't say much, he just raised his right hand, cold air surged in his palm, and a blue Ice Blade slowly condensed.
Suigetsu caught a glimpse of Ice Blade in Ning Xue's hand, his smile instantly froze, his brows furrowed, and he started shouting dissatisfied.
"Hey, little brother, didn't you say you don't have a knife?"
Ning Xue didn't look at him, but just changed Ice Blade to his right hand, then condensed a small knife in his left hand, and then dissipated.
"This is ice."
"..."
"Ice is also a knife!"
Suigetsu twitched the corner of his mouth, thinking that this guy definitely did it on purpose.
Seeing that Ning Xue still ignored him, he sighed helplessly and shook his head.
"Oh, my life is so miserable."
He pulled out Kubikiribōchō from his back, and the broad blade reflected the cold light in the sun.
"Then I will reluctantly play with you."
Seeing that both of them were ready, Sasuke took a step forward, pointing the tip of the Kusanagi Sword in his left hand directly at the ground.
"There are only two rules--" His voice was unhurried.
"No killing. And. Only use Taijutsu."
Suigetsu's brows frowned slightly, but they soon relaxed.
"Okay."
Ning Xue nodded and said nothing.
"Then--"
Sasuke looked past the two of them to the vaguely visible figures on the Gobi Desert in the distance, and the corners of his mouth slightly curved in an almost imperceptible arc.
"Start."
As soon as he finished speaking, the figures of the three people had disappeared.
"Hey, wait--!"
Karin was so angry that he stamped his feet, but the figures of Sasuke and others had already turned into three afterimages, flying away in different directions.
"Sasuke! Why didn't you call me!"
Her shouts echoed in the empty Gobi Desert, but no one answered her.
Only the first muffled sound from the distance marked the official start of the game.